“I’m very blessed to have caught what I did today,” said Robertson, an eight-time Forrest Wood Cup qualifier. “It’s kind of a junk fishing deal out there, but I like it.”

Robertson said he spent his day concentrating on a specific set of spawning pockets on the lower-end of the lake. He said he caught two of his stringer fish – including a 4-pounder – sight-fishing off of beds.

“I knew what pockets to enter and which to avoid,” said Robertson. “I caught a limit of bedding fish, but they only would’ve weighed around 12 pounds so I knew I needed to mix things up.

“Earlier this week I had dialed in on some big bass that were cruising in these pockets,” Robertson continued. “I threw a worm on a drop-shot rig and a shaky-head jig and was able to catch three more good ones to put me at 20 pounds.”

Robertson said that his game-plan for the remainder of the tournament is to use as much of the lake as possible.

“Tomorrow I’m going to run up north near Seneca and try something else,” said Robertson. “I’m hoping I can get 15 pounds. I’ve just got to keep moving.”

Ranger pro Tony Dumitras of Winston, Georgia, withdrew from the tournament prior to the start of the event due to personal reasons. Dumitras will re-join the Tour next month at the Walmart FLW Tour at Beaver Lake presented by Jack Link’s, which is being held in Rogers, Arkansas, April 14-17.

In FLW Tour competition, anglers are also vying for valuable points in hopes of qualifying for the 2016 Forrest Wood Cup, the world championship of bass fishing. The 2016 Forrest Wood Cup will be on Wheeler Lake in Huntsville, Alabama, Aug. 4-7 and is hosted by the Huntsville/Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Anglers will take off and weigh-in on all four days of competition at Green Pond Landing located at 470 Green Pond Road in Anderson at 7:30 a.m. each day. Weigh-in on Friday will begin at 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday’s final weigh-ins will begin at 4 p.m.

Fans will also be treated to the FLW Expo on Saturday and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. at Green Pond Landing prior to the final weigh-ins. The Expo includes interactive games, activities and giveaways provided by FLW sponsors, and the opportunity to interact with professional anglers to learn more about the sport of fishing and other outdoor activities. All activities are free and open to the public.

Also for youth, the FLW Foundation’s Unified Fishing Derby will be held at Chris Taylor Memorial Park located at 5 Jim Ed Rice Circle in Anderson on Saturday, March 19, from 9-11 a.m. The event is hosted by FLW Foundation pro Cody Kelley along with other FLW Tour anglers, and is free and open to area youth 15 years of age and younger and Special Olympics athletes. Rods and reels are available for use, but youth are encouraged to bring their own if they own one. All bait is provided by the DMF Bait Company.

The tournament is hosted by the Anderson Convention & Visitors Bureau.

FLW is the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, providing anglers of all skill levels the opportunity to compete for millions in prize money in 2016 across five tournament circuits. Headquartered in Benton, Kentucky, with offices in Minneapolis, FLW conducts more than 235 bass-fishing tournaments annually across the United States and sanctions tournaments in Canada, China, Mexico and South Korea. FLW tournament fishing can be seen on the Emmy-nominated “FLW" television show, broadcast to more than 564 million households worldwide, while FLW Bass Fishing magazine delivers cutting-edge tips from top pros. For more information visit FLWFishing.com and follow FLW at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Periscope: @FLWFishing.

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